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The Scheduling properties window (
Figure 4
) allows you to set a note to appear at a specific time. It also allows you to associate an audio alarm that plays at the time and date you specify. You can access the Scheduling properties window in several ways--by double-clicking the Schd column in the note list, by clicking the Schedule button in the Calendar dialog, or by selecting the Schedule menu option on a note's context menu.

The Scheduling window has two tabbed pages. The Schedule page lets you control when the note will be activated. The Starting time, Starting date, and Ending date fields at the bottom of the page let you set those parameters. For example, to make a note pop up nightly for the first quarter of the year, you would set the starting date to 1/1 and the ending date to 3/31. If you'd like to temporarily disable a schedule without modifying the starting or ending dates, check the Disable schedule check box.

Once you've specified a starting date, starting time, and optional ending date, you still need to decide how often the note will appear. The When combo box lets you select the frequency. As you cycle through the combo box's choices, you'll notice that the contents of the Schedule group box change to reflect the currently selected choice. The fields that appear in the Schedule box represent the additional options associated with the selected frequency.

The first type of frequency you can select is One time only. Because one-time-only schedules need a starting date and time only, when you choose this option, you'll see no additional fields in the schedule box. Be aware that the notification will not be triggered unless NoteWhen is running at the date and time you've specified.

The Daily option lets you set notifications to run regularly. This option has two associated radio buttons. The Every button and the entry field beside it let you specify the number of days to delay between appearances of the alert. For example, if you enter 5 in the entry field, the note pops up every five days. You can specify any period from 1 to 99 days. The Weekdays button tells NoteWhen to trigger the alert Monday through Friday.

The Weekly option lets you specify a delay from 1 to 52 weeks between runs of the schedule. The check boxes below the week specification field let you select the days of the week that the schedule will run.

The Monthly options let you specify a certain time of the month and in which months to run scheduled events. The rightmost On the radio button field lets you specify the day of the week to display the notification. You use the field closest to the On the radio button to set whether the event will occur the first, second, third, fourth, or last week of the month. For example, you can set up a schedule to run on the first Friday of the month by selecting first and Friday.

The On day radio button lets you choose a particular day of the month to display the note. You can enter a value from 1 to 31 in the field beside the radio button. If you specify a day greater than the number of days in a particular month, the value is treated as the last day of the month.

In addition to specifying a particular day of the month, the check boxes at the bottom of the Monthly screen let you select the particular months in which to run the scheduled events. These check boxes work in conjunction with the other monthly selections.

The Notifications page lets you tell the software how much advance notice you'd like for a scheduled event. For example, if you have a meeting at 3:00 and it takes you half an hour to get ready, you might want a reminder 30 minutes before the meeting. You can set this up with the Days, Hours, and Minutes fields. For no advance notification, leave the default values of 0, 0, and 0.

If you'd like to associate an audible alarm with a notification, mark the Enabled check box in the Alarm section of the Notification page, then, in the Sound file field, enter the name of any WAV file. Use the ... button to browse for WAV files. NoteWhen plays the sound at the notification time.

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